Croatian Radiotelevision
Croatian public radio and TV broadcaster
Hrvatska radiotelevizija (abbr. HRT), or Croatian Radiotelevision, is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite. HRT is divided into three joint companies – Croatian Radio (Hrvatski radio), Croatian Television (Hrvatska televizija) and Music Production (Glazbena proizvodnja), which includes three orchestras (Symphony, Jazz, and Tamburitza) and a choir.
The founder of HRT is the Republic of Croatia which exercises its founder's rights through the Croatian Government. Croatian Radio (then Radio Zagreb) was founded on 15 May 1926. This date is considered the date on which HRT was founded and is observed as the "HRT's Day" (Dan HRT-a). Television Zagreb (today Croatian Television) began broadcasting on 7 September 1956. By the law enacted by the Croatian Parliament on 29 June 1990, Radio Television Zagreb was renamed Croatian Radiotelevision.
HRT operates as a provider of public broadcasting services, and Croatia provides funding by the Croatian Radiotelevision Law and the State Aid Rules for Public Broadcasting Services.
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